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shashi

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Dear Friends,

I am sure there many including me who graduated in 2003 or later, and are still trying to get into dental school. I see that recent graduates are being easily accepted to the programs.
I have not tried a single time applying for IDP program as I always thought to better my application. My stats are Part1 80, Part2 79, Toefl 100, GPA dental 2.9 ECE, Master in Public Health GPA 3.75. 3 years of Teaching and dental assisting exoperience, NO research publications on hand.
Please let me know what are my chances? I highly value your honest recommendations.

Thanking you all in advance!
SDN friend
 
Recent graduates are more motivated and less weighted down by family problems, thus give better impression of a great future student. They knew beforehand, that they will need high GPA and recommendations
Your 2.9 GPA is very low, NBDE is fine, Dental assistant experience is better then just observation
You have a chance. You need at least to try, otherwise you will never know.
 
Nowadays with no NDBE scores, most of the schools focus on the dental GPA and toelf scores. you can try improving your toefl further and get involved in research and community work here. If possible get LOR's from US dentists.
I know a person who graduated 10 yrs back, no US experience but had LOR from director of dental school and was accepted.
 
Thanks for the advice. I understand that my GPA is low but I have Master's GPA 3.62 ; will that not support my dental GPA?
 
Typically schools don't consider Master's gpa if it's not dental related, but I might be wrong. That should not discourage you, persistence always pays off.
 
dont worry colleges will look at your masters gpa. Having said that , your dental gpa is without a doubt the most important factor these days with there being no nbde scores- so you should do everything to takes to compensate for it.
 
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